The song is most famous for being Elvis Presley's first released single. It was recorded during an unsuccessful session recording ballad material. During a break, according to Scotty Moore the guitarist on the session;

"All of a sudden Elvis started singing a song, jumping around, acting the fool, and then Bill [Black] picked up his bass and started acting the fool too, and I started playing with them. Sam [Philips] had the door to the control booth open .... he stuck his head out and said, 'What're you doing?' We said, 'We don't know.' 'Well back up,' he said, 'try to find a place to start and do it again.'"

Presley's version was released on the Sun label (Sun 209) on July 19th 1954 with Blue Moon Of Kentucky as the B-Side.